Jim Kjelgaard
Jim Kjelgaard | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | author |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 1938 to 1959 |
| Genre | juvenile fiction (novels), children's literature, young adult literature |
| Subject | animals, outdoors |
| Notable works | Big Red |
James Arthur Kjelgaard (December 6, 1910–July 12, 1959)[1] was an American author of young adult literature.
Born in New York City, New York, Jim Kjelgaard is the author of more than forty novels, the most famous of which is 1945's Big Red. It sold 225,000 copies by 1956 [2] and was made into a 1962 Walt Disney film with the same title, Big Red. His books were primarily about dogs and wild animals, often with animal protagonists and told from the animal's point of view.
Jim Kjelgaard committed suicide in 1959, after suffering for several years from chronic pain and depression.[3]
List of works
- Forest Patrol (1941)
- Rebel Siege (1943)
- Big Red (1945)
- Buckskin Brigade (1947)
- Snow Dog (1948)
- Kalak of the Ice (1949)
- A Nose for Trouble (1949)
- Wild Trek (1950)
- Chip the Dam Builder (1950)
- Irish Red, Son of Big Red (1951)
- Fire-hunter (1951)
- The Explorations of Pere Marquette (1951)
- Trailing Trouble (1952)
- Outlaw Red, Son of Big Red (1953)
- The Spell of the White Sturgeon (1953)
- The Coming of the Mormons (1953)
- Haunt Fox (1954)
- Cracker Barrel Trouble Shooter (1954)
- Lion Hound (1955)
- The Lost Wagon (1955)
- Desert Dog (1956)
- Trading Jeff and his Dog (1956)
- Wildlife Cameraman (1957)
- Cochise, Chief of Warriors (1957)
- Double Challenge (1957)
- We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run (1957)
- Wolf Brother (1957)
- Swamp Cat (1957)
- Rescue Dog of the High Pass (1958)
- The Land is Bright (1958)
- The Black Fawn (1958)
- The Story of Geronimo (1958)
- Hi Jolly (1959)
- Stormy (1959)
- Ulysses & his Woodland Zoo (1960)
- Boomerang Hunter (1960)
- The Duck-footed Hound (1960)
- Tigre (1961)
- Hidden Trail (1962)
- Fawn in the Forest & other Wild Animal Stories (1962)
- Two Dogs & a Horse (1964)
- Furious Moose of the Wilderness (1965)
- Dave and his Dog, Mulligan (1966)
- Coyote Song (1969)
References
- ^ Trosky, Susan M & Donna Olendorf, ed. (1992), "KJELGAARD, James Arthur 1910-1959", Contemporary Authors, vol. v. 137, Gale Research, pp. pp 250–252
{{citation}}:|pages=has extra text (help), as reproduced on Kjelgaard tribute site. Note that some sources give December 10 as birth date, e.g. this biographical sketch. - ^ Doyle, Brian (Spring 1999), "A Small Note About Big Red", American Scholar, vol. 68.2, Academic OneFile, p. 134
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ Drakula, Dave (July/September 1990), "Jim Kjelgaard - From the Bigwoods to Hollywood", Mountain Journal, vol. Vol. 8, No. 4
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